Yesterday we went to Market Broiler restaurant to celebrate Valentine's Day as a family. We ordered our food [all fish ,BTW,of course !] and my hubby and I took turns keeping our preschooler occupied with the kids' menu --coloring the fish,tic... Read more

Since it's Valentine's Day today,why not list your most unique or best gift you received on Valentine's Day?
Mine was two years ago~~My husband ,knowing how much I love scrapbooking and needing a workspace,converted the guest room into a s... Read more

You KNOW you're a Sparker when~~~ you regularly COUNT your daily glasses of water!!!!~
I have to !!! I NEED to count them to keep track and I like the glass of water "tracker" on our Nutrition tracker! Read more

You KNOW you're a Sparker when you look for ways to incorporate exercise into housework chores and count it as Fitness Minutes!
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the series of "You KNOW you're A Sparker When..." or " You KNOW you're a ... Read more

My husband had heard me talk about my blog entries recently~~[You KNOW you're A Sparker when...] and he added his this morning with---"You KNOW you're a parent when you have a dinosaur in your organizer!" ---as he pulled out our son's plastic... Read more

Instead of listing the ten interesting/funny/pause for thought ideas in ONE blog ,I thought I'd put one a day and let you add your own~~~`
~`that way,we stretch out the laughter and lower our blood pressure all at the same time[laughing does t... Read more

I have noticed since I cleaned my garage THREE WEEKS AGO and have MAINTAINED IT [through incentives--oddly enough~food~! See Secret of Success !] I have been chipping away at it ,little by little til I got it the way I wanted it~CLEAN AND ORGAN... Read more

I have noticed since I cleaned my garage THREE WEEKS AGO and have MAINTAINED IT [through incentives--oddly enough~food~! See Secret of Success !] I have been chipping away at it ,little by little til I got it the way I wanted it~CLEAN AND ORGAN... Read more

I have noticed since I cleaned my garage THREE WEEKS AGO and have MAINTAINED IT [through incentives--oddly enough~food~! See Secret of Success !] I have been chipping away at it ,little by little til I got it the way I wanted it~CLEAN AND ORGAN... Read more

I am always on SP ,constantly tracking my food [except for those few days I miss here and there,but not too often!]. I noticed yesterday that the points for tracking food has INCREASED to TEN instead of the original five! Works for me! Also the ... Read more

I was saddened to hear of Jack LaLannes's death at age 96 yesterday.I remember being at home during the day and watching his tv show & even PARTICIPATING {!} in lifting those canned veggie or soup cans as "weights" to strengthen the arms! Amids... Read more